Marseille vs Empoli - who is the better team?

Currently Olympique de Marseille has a better 1vs1 performance index with 91. Olympique de Marseille has 53 goals and Empoli has a total of 24 goals. Our opinion is that currently Olympique de Marseille would win the match.

• At the moment Empoli has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1254 interceptions and 91 blocks.
• In Empoli the two top defensive players are Sebastiano Luperto and Ardian Ismajli.
• In Olympique de Marseille the two top defenders are Chancel Mbemba and Leonardo Balerdi.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Empoli has currently the best defense.

Evaluating the strength of a teams midfield is not easy. At 1vs1 we look at a value called Pass Progression Value (PPV). We measure the ability of players to play the pass into dangerous zones and to create chances. Olympique de Marseille has a PPV value of 0.34 and Empoli has a value of 0.21. Within the team of Olympique de Marseille Amine Harit has a total value of 0.77 and in the team of Empoli the best player is Fabiano Parisi.

• To analyse the best strikers of teams we look at the amount of goals, shots on goal and an interesting metric called expected goal value (Xg value – measure who the probability of a chance to turn into a goal.)
• Olympique de Marseille has scored in this season so far 53 goals and 152 shots on goal. Empoli scored 24 and 103 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Olympique de Marseille are Alexis Alehandru Sanchez with 12 goals and Nuno Albertino Varela Tavares with 6 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11.33 and 3.68.
• The two best players of Empoli are Tommaso Baldanzi with 4 goals and Nicolo Cambiaghi with 3 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 1.49 and 2.23.
• Our opinion is that Olympique de Marseille has the better offensive players than Empoli.

Based on all statistical information we believe that currently Olympique de Marseille is the better team. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.